Don't Leave Us Behind
A work of intensity, charm, and precision, this 26-page zine shatters apathy, humiliates world leaders, and uplifts the voices of the oppressed.
Available editions: B&W second edition, English.
Letter to the Reader
By purchasing this Zine, you are actively supporting Palestinian Families.
100% of all sales go directly to Ahmed’s family and other families supported through Project Sarsour.
Thank YOU for your solidarity and support!
The printing costs of the first edition of this booklet were generously covered in full by Canton Palestine Solidarity Collective ensuring that every contribution reaches the families in need.
With the help of our volunteer artists worldwide, this Zine reflects displacement, resilience, and shared humanity—transforming survival into collective expression and echoing a universal plea for empathy and justice.
Thank you to everyone who stays committed to the hope and justice of Palestinians everywhere.
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About the Author
Ahmed Sarsour is a Palestinian–Sudanese poet who lived and grew up in Sudan for 21 years. After escaping the conflict that broke out on April 15, 2023. He found himself caught in yet another conflict— another genocide. One the world has born witness to in Gaza.
Ahmed is a brother, a son, and an uncle. He celebrated one of his birthdays during Sudan’s genocide and two more during Gaza’s genocide. His sister gave birth twice during the bombings, and her story became his inspiration.
As he navigates his way to survive the genocide, his poems were born out of fear, love, and pain for his family and his people.
It became his voice—to scream into the void and to humanize his siblings in Gaza after the media turned its back on them.
Using poetry as both a weapon and a healing tool. He fights his social anxiety and the stereotypes that have been pushed on him and his people their whole lives.
“Islam is not the issue. Our race is not the issue. This is a fight for all humanity,” he says. “Because no one is free until we all are free.”
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